Eyeshield



Jan. 26, 1937. W J, DE WITT 2,068,849

`EYESHIELD Filed Oct. 540, 1934 Patented Jan.A 26, 1937 y UNITED STATES EYE SHIELD William J. De Witt, Auburn, N. Y., assigner to Shoe Form'Co., Inc., Auburn, N. Y., a corpora,-

tion of New York Application October 30, 1934, Serial No. 750,659

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improvement in eye shields adaptedfto be worn to shield the eyes from the glare of the sun, of automobile headlights and other sources of light.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of such shield with a darkened visor portion which prevents the entry of the direct-rays of the sun or other source of light.

A further object of this invention resides in the formation of such shields which comprises as elements a frame, a visor and a lens, two of such elements being integral.

These and other objects oi the invention will appear from a consideration of the following description and of the accompanying drawing which forms a part Ithereof and in which Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of goggles embodying one form of this invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of one eye piece taken along the line 2-2 on Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of the eye piece of shields embodying another form of this invention.

The invention is shown applied to goggles but it will be understood that it is not limited thereto and that it may be applied'to eye shields of other types if desired.

The goggles shown frame Ill, having separate eye pieces, in each o f which are mounted a visor II and lens I2. As shown in Fig. 2, two of these three elements, to wit, the visor II and lens I2, are integral, forming -a unit the edges of which enter the groove I3 with kwhich each eye piece is provided. The frame I0 and the visor and lens unit are made of celluloid or other moldable material. The celluloid forming the visor and lens unit is transparent and in Figs. 1 and 2 comprise a* suitably molded so that the visor I I is offset Irom the lens I2. The celluloid forming the lens is preferably rendered slightly opaque, being tinted blue,y green, brown or other color so as to shield the eyes from reflected light without mate- 5 rially impairing the vision. If desired, however the celluloid may be clear. Vision is through the lens alone, the visor being materially darkened as indicated on Fig. 1 so that it is substantially opaque and shields the eyes from direct rays of 10 light.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 3 differs from that just described in that two of the elements, the frame 20 and visor 2l, are integral and the lens 22 is a, separate element the edges of which 15 enter the groove 23. The visor 2I is darkened like the visor II and for the same reason. F

While vtwo embodiments of this invention have been shown and described, it will be understood that I am not limited thereto and that other 20 embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claim.

` I claim:

An eyev shield oi the class described compris- 25 ing a frame, a lens and a visor, the lens and visor merging into a single integral unit carried by the frame. the merging being along a line substantially above the horizontal center of the shield, the lens being below and the visor being l above that line, and the visor being substantially opaque and offset from the lens whereby vision is through the lens alone and .the visor serves to shield the eye from direct rays 0135 light.

WILLIAM J. DE 'WIT'IL 

